Collateral for a security interest recorded Jan 28, 2019 (Midcap Financial Trust).
Term ends Apr 27, 2027 · Medium confidence
20-year base term ended Jun 26, 2026
Why Medium: A parent in the chain could not be resolved.
Held by Sight Sciences, Inc.
Filed Jan 27, 2010 as application 12/695,053 · Granted Oct 16, 2012
Base term plus 305 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2006
2027
Clock starts
Jun 26, 2006
Jun 26, 2006
Term ends
Apr 27, 2027
Apr 27, 2027
Granted
Oct 16, 2012
Oct 16, 2012
base term
patent term adjustment
fee events
Updated Nov 14, 2026 · includes USPTO assignment & status data published Nov 14, 2026 and grant & fee data published Nov 10, 2026 (weekly) · how we know
305
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
3 of 3
Maintenance fees paid
Three maintenance fees fall due, at 3.5, 7.5 and 11.5 years from grant. This counts the ones the record shows paid.
12
Family applications on record here
Applications sharing this one's continuity chain whose file history this site holds. The family may have others.
This patent's term runs 305 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. All three maintenance fees are recorded paid; no more fees are due. Confidence: Medium. from the record
How we calculated this date
One row per rule, each showing its own input and what it did to the date. A step we could not verify says so instead of resolving itself.
| Step | Input | Date after this step | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base term, 20 years from filing | Clock starts Jun 26, 2006, when application 11/475,523, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jan 27, 2010); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row) | Jun 26, 2026 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | A parent in the chain could not be resolved | dated from this application's own claim | Medium confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +305 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Apr 27, 2027 | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | None on record | no cap applied | High confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | 3 of 3 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Apr 27, 2027 | Medium confidence |
This family
| US 7,909,789 | In force Oct 2029 | Oct 2029 |
| US 8,287,482 | this patent Apr 2027 | Apr 2027 |
| US 9,370,443 | In force Nov 2028 | Nov 2028 |
| US 9,486,361 | In force Jan 2028 | Jan 2028 |
| US 10,314,742 | In force no later than May 2027 | no later than May 2027 |
| US 10,398,597 | In force Jan 2027 | Jan 2027 |
| US 11,389,328 | In force May 2027 | May 2027 |
| US 11,865,041 | In force Jan 2027 | Jan 2027 |
8 of 12 applications in this family shown, earliest filings first. The applications whose file history this site holds. The family may have others.
Assignments
Assignment documents as recorded at the USPTO, oldest first, with the reel and frame each was recorded at. A recorded assignment is a filed document, not a statement of current ownership, and the absence of a later one is not evidence that the last one still stands.
| Recorded | Assignor | Assignee | Conveyance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 12, 2010 Reel 24831, frame 598 | Badawi, David Y.; Badawi, Paul | Sight Sciences, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jan 28, 2019 Reel 48149, frame 209 | Sight Sciences, Inc. | Midcap Financial Trust, As Agent | Security Agreement (TERM Loan) |
| Jan 28, 2019 Reel 49670, frame 542 | Sight Sciences, Inc. | Midcap Financial Trust, As Agent | Security Agreement (Revolving Loan) |
| Nov 25, 2020 Reel 54524, frame 8 | Sight Sciences, Inc. | Midcap Funding IV Trust, as Agent | Reaffirmed and Amended Security Interest (REVOLVING) |
| Nov 25, 2020 Reel 54524, frame 20 | Sight Sciences, Inc. | Midcap Financial Trust, As Agent | Reaffirmed and Amended Security Interest (TERM) |
| Jul 24, 2023 Reel 64354, frame 155 | Midcap Funding IV Trust | Sight Sciences, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Jan 23, 2024 Reel 66364, frame 162 | Sight Sciences, Inc. | Hercules Capital, Inc., as Agent | Security Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Apr 2027
Term ends Apr 27, 2027. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 305 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
72
later US patents cite this one
That is top 10% of utility patents granted in 2012 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
How we rank
Every date shows its work: the base term, any term adjustment or extension, any disclaimer cap, and the maintenance fee record, each with a confidence tier. How this record was built
Computed patent terms end on the dates shown. Related patents and pending applications may cover overlapping subject matter.
In force means the term is running and no lapse is on record. It is not a finding that the patent is valid.